The murder mystery genre has not been a strong suit of Nollywood filmmakers. Most of them, especially the mainstream releases, are characterised by wishy-washy and overly straightforward plots. But A Weekend to Forget is a […]
⭐ Critic’s pick C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi’s Mami Wata is a visually striking film. It deploys chiaroscuro with incredible balance. With each scene, the film challenges itself on how far it can push its monochromatic boundaries. […]
Zambia’s first Netflix feature film, by homegrown director Kenny Mumba, chooses to explore a poignant issue in Zambian society (and the African society at large, especially Southern and Eastern Africa): the negative stigma experienced by […]
Lola (Yvonne Jegede) takes her two kids, inquisitive and adventurous Funke (Pamilerin Ayodeji) and smart and logical Habib (Mofiyinfoluwa Asenuga) to Ondo to spend the holidays with their grandmother (Ayo Mogaji) and also to give […]
Hotel Labamba is not unlike any other murder mystery. Usually, the plot is set rolling with acquainted characters arriving at a designated location, or just random characters happening to be in the same place at […]
It was always going to be an extraordinary feat to bring the titular toy owned by Mattel Inc. to the silver screen. Partly because, with time, Barbie has gained a lot of significance in pop […]
The first episode of Fatal Seduction begins with a montage of sexual scenes that will appear later on in the show: a man taking off a woman’s underwear, two naked bodies sprawled on a car […]
Watching movies like Extraction feels like a desiderate trip down memory lane, an attempt to capture and revive the essence of a film genre that seems to have been lost. The hero of the Extraction […]
Daddy begins in a Taken-esque manner: daughter gets kidnapped and the father has to do all he can to get his daughter back. This desperation of a father to save his child is the overriding […]
When it was announced in 2019 that Halle Bailey (of the Chloe x Halle singing duo) had been cast as the little mermaid in the live-action remake of the 1989 Disney classic, it caused a […]
